Dr. Stephen J. Blank is Senior Fellow at Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Eurasia Program. He has published over 900 articles and monographs on Soviet/Russian, U.S., Asian, and European military and foreign policies, testified frequently before Congress on Russia, China, and Central Asia, consulted for the Central Intelligence Agency, major think tanks and foundations, chaired major international conferences in the U.S. and in Florence; Prague; and London, and has been a commentator on foreign affairs in the media in the U.S. and abroad. He has also advised major corporations on investing in Russia and is a consultant for the Gerson Lehrmann Group.
Stephen has published or edited 15 books, most recently Russo-Chinese Energy Relations: Politics in Command (London: Global Markets Briefing, 2006). He has also published Natural Allies? Regional Security in Asia and Prospects for Indo-American Strategic Cooperation (Carlisle, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2005). He is currently completing a book entitled Light From the East: Russia’s Quest for Great Power Status in Asia to be published in 2014 by Ashgate. Dr. Blank is also the author of The Sorcerer as Apprentice: Stalin’s Commissariat of Nationalities (Greenwood, 1994); and the co-editor of The Soviet Military and the Future (Greenwood, 1992).
The Latest from Stephen Blank
Monday Briefing: Gaza talks could resume as Israel-Hezbollah exchanges escalate
Securing Lebanon to Prevent a Larger Hezbollah-Israel War and Wider Escalation
Why Pakistan is looking to Saudi Arabia and the UAE to ramp up investment
Polling on Iran highlights key social and political issues ahead of presidential vote
Change isn’t on the ballot as Iranians head to the polls
“Vision of darkness balanced by light”: Lebanese-American Artist Nabil Kanso’s Works Express the Current Moment, Decades After Their Creation
Monday Briefing: Despite mediation efforts, the risk of an all-out Israel-Hezbollah war is rising rapidly
Don’t cut Turkey out of European defence efforts because of Erdoğan
Israeli-Saudi Normalization: An Effective Incentive for Israeli-Palestinian Peacemaking?
ليبيا تظل مفتاح الناتو لمواجهة الأنشطة الروسية الخبيثة في أفريقيا
No real alternative: The failure of opposition parties in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region